West Wing lights a fire under me
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basildestinyOK! Journal updating time!
Dammit! This episode of West Wing is the horribly sad one. I watched it yesterday "with" Jamie. I wanted to make sure it was the same one so I looked at the episode title. It gives me goosebumps because I know which one it is. 18th and Potomac that makes me cry! I always cry in this episode!! Oh how I love this series! And once more, I love this show.
I want to say one thing about the Farhenheit 9-11 trailers on tv right now. It's hard for me to say "Oooo! They really socked it to Bush right there!" when they quote him as saying his big anti-terrorist statement and then says "Now watch this putt." They are on the damn golf course with him asking for quotes. What did they expect him to say? Just like I don't understand the impact of the statement when Michael Moore is asking the senator if he would want his sons to join the military. Was there an answer that would make sense? Michael Moore wasn't asking a question from a senators viewpoint. He was asking from a parental standpoint, would you want your sons to join the military? Who can say yes to that from a parent's standpoint? You will lie and say it because you are proud of your sons standing up and doing what is right. But that does not mean that you want to volunteer your sons to die. So tell me, what did you expect the senator to say? Anyway, I do want to see this movie. I just have problems with the trailer. And a word of warning that I am an idealistic pain in the ass.
So I met Anye. That was so much fun! I needed to get away for a little bit. And talking to Anita and Anye was like a voice of reason that I haven't heard in a while. It was nice to have an impartial opinion. It was even nicer to have someone who agreed with me and had been in this place.
I am so sick of job applications and applying and call backs and interviews! So tired. Last night two of my friends invited me to work with them. One would be a baker, the other would be I think an assistant manager. I should do it! But I've turned in applications to a few other places where I'd prefer to work first. And I'd like to give it time? I don't know. I need a job and this is for certain.
Saw Spiderman 2 last night. No spoilers right now. I thoroughly enjoyed this one much better than the last one. This one has meat and bones. It gives you a good feeling and not just because a childhood comic book superhero is on tv. It makes a statement this time. It isn't just a summer action flick. I will say that I stayed away from the hype this time. And I am impressed. I didn't want it to be ruined if it was just another summer action flick. It had great cameos! Hal Sparks was so funny! There was a point in the movie when Toby reminded me of Ted. I giggled.
My brother is coming into town and he's staying at a hotel. This has caused unrest in the household. We're all excited that he's coming home, but we feel put out. He's coming home, but he's not going to stay with us. He'll be here for a weekend and he's not staying here. We don't know when we'll see him.
I took that personality test that Sarah and Niki had in their journal. Here are my results:
You are a WRDL--Wacky Rational Destructive Leader. This makes you an enemy of the state. You are charismatic and winning and a very dangerous enemy. You favor justice over compassion, and would almost rather see your opponent fail than you succeed.
You impact the lives of those around you more than any other personality. People remember your name and respect you. You are a tremendous amount of fun to be around and astonishing to watch. You are generally abstinent in your habits, and you like things tidy and ordered.
When picking teams, it is smartest for others to pick yours.
I don't know if that is true or not. Well not all of it. I do know that I favor justice over compassion. Passion gets so one sided. Justice is blind. I don't mean that I like to see that bad guy win, but then that is covered by the next statement that I would almost rather see my opponent fail than to succeed myself. Why would I need to succeed? I already know that I am right. I don't need vindication to be correct. I'd much prefer to bring my opponent up to my level. Though it does feel good to win sometimes. Do people remember my name? My real name is one of those odd names so I never know. Am I tremendous amount of fun to be around and am I astonishing to watch? I do like things tidy and ordered--my ordering OCD. Is it smartest for others to pick my team?
Oh! Nearly forgot. Maile called me back. We talked about the grim biting my foot since I was standing outside talking on the phone--it was too late at night for me be to screaming into the phone. Crazy cell phones. The grim thought it was neat that your voice was coming out of the cell, Maile. Then I completely overslept and woke up later than normal and nearly didn't get to talk to Maile. She's crazy and I love her. It's good to get some offline time with online friends. Tone does not carry on the net. As Anye and Anita and I discussed on Tuesday night, it is hard enough to have a dry wit, but it makes it even more difficult to get that across the internet without having any way to infer tone.
Well folks that all the update for now.
Through these fields of destruction Baptism of fire
~Bas/J Dawg
P.S. Thank you Mrs Landingham.
If you don't want to do it, I can respect it. But if you don't want to do it because you're afraid it will be too hard or you'll lose, well then I don't want to know you.
Dammit! This episode of West Wing is the horribly sad one. I watched it yesterday "with" Jamie. I wanted to make sure it was the same one so I looked at the episode title. It gives me goosebumps because I know which one it is. 18th and Potomac that makes me cry! I always cry in this episode!! Oh how I love this series! And once more, I love this show.
I want to say one thing about the Farhenheit 9-11 trailers on tv right now. It's hard for me to say "Oooo! They really socked it to Bush right there!" when they quote him as saying his big anti-terrorist statement and then says "Now watch this putt." They are on the damn golf course with him asking for quotes. What did they expect him to say? Just like I don't understand the impact of the statement when Michael Moore is asking the senator if he would want his sons to join the military. Was there an answer that would make sense? Michael Moore wasn't asking a question from a senators viewpoint. He was asking from a parental standpoint, would you want your sons to join the military? Who can say yes to that from a parent's standpoint? You will lie and say it because you are proud of your sons standing up and doing what is right. But that does not mean that you want to volunteer your sons to die. So tell me, what did you expect the senator to say? Anyway, I do want to see this movie. I just have problems with the trailer. And a word of warning that I am an idealistic pain in the ass.
So I met Anye. That was so much fun! I needed to get away for a little bit. And talking to Anita and Anye was like a voice of reason that I haven't heard in a while. It was nice to have an impartial opinion. It was even nicer to have someone who agreed with me and had been in this place.
I am so sick of job applications and applying and call backs and interviews! So tired. Last night two of my friends invited me to work with them. One would be a baker, the other would be I think an assistant manager. I should do it! But I've turned in applications to a few other places where I'd prefer to work first. And I'd like to give it time? I don't know. I need a job and this is for certain.
Saw Spiderman 2 last night. No spoilers right now. I thoroughly enjoyed this one much better than the last one. This one has meat and bones. It gives you a good feeling and not just because a childhood comic book superhero is on tv. It makes a statement this time. It isn't just a summer action flick. I will say that I stayed away from the hype this time. And I am impressed. I didn't want it to be ruined if it was just another summer action flick. It had great cameos! Hal Sparks was so funny! There was a point in the movie when Toby reminded me of Ted. I giggled.
My brother is coming into town and he's staying at a hotel. This has caused unrest in the household. We're all excited that he's coming home, but we feel put out. He's coming home, but he's not going to stay with us. He'll be here for a weekend and he's not staying here. We don't know when we'll see him.
I took that personality test that Sarah and Niki had in their journal. Here are my results:
You are a WRDL--Wacky Rational Destructive Leader. This makes you an enemy of the state. You are charismatic and winning and a very dangerous enemy. You favor justice over compassion, and would almost rather see your opponent fail than you succeed.
You impact the lives of those around you more than any other personality. People remember your name and respect you. You are a tremendous amount of fun to be around and astonishing to watch. You are generally abstinent in your habits, and you like things tidy and ordered.
When picking teams, it is smartest for others to pick yours.
I don't know if that is true or not. Well not all of it. I do know that I favor justice over compassion. Passion gets so one sided. Justice is blind. I don't mean that I like to see that bad guy win, but then that is covered by the next statement that I would almost rather see my opponent fail than to succeed myself. Why would I need to succeed? I already know that I am right. I don't need vindication to be correct. I'd much prefer to bring my opponent up to my level. Though it does feel good to win sometimes. Do people remember my name? My real name is one of those odd names so I never know. Am I tremendous amount of fun to be around and am I astonishing to watch? I do like things tidy and ordered--my ordering OCD. Is it smartest for others to pick my team?
Oh! Nearly forgot. Maile called me back. We talked about the grim biting my foot since I was standing outside talking on the phone--it was too late at night for me be to screaming into the phone. Crazy cell phones. The grim thought it was neat that your voice was coming out of the cell, Maile. Then I completely overslept and woke up later than normal and nearly didn't get to talk to Maile. She's crazy and I love her. It's good to get some offline time with online friends. Tone does not carry on the net. As Anye and Anita and I discussed on Tuesday night, it is hard enough to have a dry wit, but it makes it even more difficult to get that across the internet without having any way to infer tone.
Well folks that all the update for now.
Through these fields of destruction Baptism of fire
~Bas/J Dawg
P.S. Thank you Mrs Landingham.
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Date: 2004-07-01 12:56 pm (UTC)That's what you get for hanging out with me. ;)
I do think you are a leader. That would explain why almost everyone joined your clique instead of Elly's. It's smarter for people to join your team, because you won't boss them around. But sometimes I think people like being told what to do.
I don't know if being a baker would help our food obsession.
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Date: 2004-07-01 01:20 pm (UTC)Hanging out with you is FUN though! I had great gobs of fun talking to you last night instead of listening to problems.
I have learned to boss people around, but it's really more pulling the strings from behind the scene. I'd prefer for people to be self sufficient so I like to plant the seed or point someone in the right direction then to just dictate what must be done. But when it comes down to being stubborn, I have grown a pair and I know how to tell people to just fucking do it!
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Date: 2004-07-01 01:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-07-01 01:29 pm (UTC)People need to get more informed and they need to think more. If that's the point of this movie, awesome! Or even if that's what you took from the movie, even better. I'm not even one to talk since I avoid the news. It's just one-sidedly bad or retarded. It's bad or retarded. And I cannot stand how opinion laden it is. Drives me crazy! But I'm not much for being a creature of habit either. Being online and being in chat are so generic that I don't mind it. But I don't always like to watch my favorite shows because I hate having be there at 10 on Tuesdays.
For some reason, LJ wanted to send me your reply THREE times. Guess LJ likes you.
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Date: 2004-07-01 01:38 pm (UTC)And as far as Moore's "facts," they really are just that. Any intelligent person could take into information and draw their own conclusion. The most important thing, though, was not the political agenda stuff, but the images from Iraq that we've really not seen; The aftermath of war.